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Type Site: Cinmar Site, Virginia
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Named For: Type Site
Date Identified:
Type Site: Cinmar Site, Virginia
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Type identified in the MS thesis of James L. Dykman during research of the High Altitude Anasazi Lithic Assemblage in the Manti La Sal National Forest for BYU. This point has professional references and is considered a valid type.
Type identified in the MS thesis of James L. Dykman during research of the High Altitude Anasazi Lithic Assemblage in the Manti La Sal National Forest for BYU. This point has professional references and is considered a valid type.
Cinmar Bi-Point
AKA: Laurel LeafProvisional Type
Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a large (4-6 inches) leaf shaped bi-point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and curving back in at the base giving the point a "Laurel Leaf" appearance. The base is pointed. This point has a random flaking pattern.
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Additional Comments:
This site was dredged up by a scallop dredger in the Chesapeake Bay in 1970. Along with this point, a mastodon tusk was also dredged up in the same area. Because both artifacts were dredged up together, it is assumed that they are associated, however what stratified levels the two artifacts came from cannot be certain. Graf, Ketron, and Waters (2014) state that the characteristics of this point are consistent with Solutrean type points. They state that eleven other bi-points have been found in the Chesapeake watershed, but dates have not been able to be obtained due to the displacement of the sites. A similar point was found in Maine (Spiess, 2012), but it appears to be dated to early Paleo-Indian cultural association and does not have an obvious Solutrean connection.
This site was dredged up by a scallop dredger in the Chesapeake Bay in 1970. Along with this point, a mastodon tusk was also dredged up in the same area. Because both artifacts were dredged up together, it is assumed that they are associated, however what stratified levels the two artifacts came from cannot be certain. Graf, Ketron, and Waters (2014) state that the characteristics of this point are consistent with Solutrean type points. They state that eleven other bi-points have been found in the Chesapeake watershed, but dates have not been able to be obtained due to the displacement of the sites. A similar point was found in Maine (Spiess, 2012), but it appears to be dated to early Paleo-Indian cultural association and does not have an obvious Solutrean connection.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found off the coast of Virginia. No inland sites have been located to date.
This point is found off the coast of Virginia. No inland sites have been located to date.
Age / Periods:
Date: 27,000 - 14,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Paleo
Glacial Period: Pleistocene
Culture:
Date: 27,000 - 14,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Paleo
Glacial Period: Pleistocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Dating on this point is based on the date when the water levels would have been low enough for the site to have been out of water and on the banks of the Susquehanna River and the bay which is estimated to be 14,500 B.P. A mastodon tusk was also dredged up from the same area and yielded a date of 27,440 +/- 394 B.P.
Dating on this point is based on the date when the water levels would have been low enough for the site to have been out of water and on the banks of the Susquehanna River and the bay which is estimated to be 14,500 B.P. A mastodon tusk was also dredged up from the same area and yielded a date of 27,440 +/- 394 B.P.
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